Russian Revolution, Stalin's purges, Winter War, Continuation War, Finlandisation, glasnost, perestroika, Berlin Wall is mainly what I remember from school
Berlin Wall gets talked about a lot in US schools, too. It's supposed to be this thing that's representative of everything that's bad about communism but the reality is that more innocent people have died in one month of US drone strikes than were killed trying to climb the wall over four decades (the number is about 140).
Edit: it's not a Texas-level situation though. Pretty sure the origins of the Winter War, the proposed land trades etc were all explained in high school
Don't remember much about the concentration camps, though that might be on my part
Teenage me "whatever, the Russians started it :vivian-shrug: "
Finnish culture loves their mythologised WW2 narratives and their veterans though which might stick in your mind more than history lessons
Also, the civil war discussion is tainted by this too. The reds were horrible looters and ill-disciplined raiders and the magnificent whites were pure and noble heroes.
There was a recent Finnish movie called Sisu about the Nazi occupation of Finland during WW2. It was an amazing example of whitewashing propaganda that the Finnish position was neutrality/independence and that the Finns hated both Soviets and Nazis. The basic story follows a Finnish character in Lapland who's being chased by Nazi soldiers who want to steal his gold. It's mentioned in passing that he is a loose cannon solo soldier with dozens of confirmed kills of Russians, and so the Nazis better run if they're smart.
Maybe ironically the story is ripped from the Russian character Koschei the Immortal (Кощей Бессмертный).
Sisu, by the way, is a Finnish word that refers to the fighting spirit, grit and perseverance of Finns during the winter war.
Russian Revolution, Stalin's purges, Winter War, Continuation War, Finlandisation, glasnost, perestroika, Berlin Wall is mainly what I remember from school
Berlin Wall gets talked about a lot in US schools, too. It's supposed to be this thing that's representative of everything that's bad about communism but the reality is that more innocent people have died in one month of US drone strikes than were killed trying to climb the wall over four decades (the number is about 140).
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Edit: it's not a Texas-level situation though. Pretty sure the origins of the Winter War, the proposed land trades etc were all explained in high school
Don't remember much about the concentration camps, though that might be on my part
Teenage me "whatever, the Russians started it :vivian-shrug: "
Finnish culture loves their mythologised WW2 narratives and their veterans though which might stick in your mind more than history lessons
Also, the civil war discussion is tainted by this too. The reds were horrible looters and ill-disciplined raiders and the magnificent whites were pure and noble heroes.
My family fought for the Reds, and some died as POWs on White-run camps so they've always at least sympathised with the Red side
hella based :rat-salute:
There was a recent Finnish movie called Sisu about the Nazi occupation of Finland during WW2. It was an amazing example of whitewashing propaganda that the Finnish position was neutrality/independence and that the Finns hated both Soviets and Nazis. The basic story follows a Finnish character in Lapland who's being chased by Nazi soldiers who want to steal his gold. It's mentioned in passing that he is a loose cannon solo soldier with dozens of confirmed kills of Russians, and so the Nazis better run if they're smart.
Maybe ironically the story is ripped from the Russian character Koschei the Immortal (Кощей Бессмертный).
Sisu, by the way, is a Finnish word that refers to the fighting spirit, grit and perseverance of Finns during the winter war.